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Joel 2:30

I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

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ASV

And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

KJV

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ve.na.ta.Tiand I will putH5414 →
מֽוֹפְתִ֔יםmof.TimwondersH4159 →
בַּשָּׁמַ֖יִםba.sha.Ma.yimin the heavensH8064 →
וּבָאָ֑רֶץu.va.'A.retzand on the earthH776 →
דָּ֣םdambloodH1818 →
וָאֵ֔שׁva.'Eshand fireH784 →
וְתִֽימֲר֖וֹתve.ti.ma.Rotand columns ofH8490 →
עָשָֽׁן׃'a.ShansmokeH6227 →

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Acts 2:19–20I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.Luke 21:11There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’Luke 21:25–26There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.Revelation 9:2The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.Judges 20:40But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.Mark 13:24–25But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;Revelation 6:12–17And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,Revelation 18:9Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.Genesis 19:28He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.Amos 7:4This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.Revelation 8:7Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.Psalms 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,Hebrews 10:27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.Revelation 18:18and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.Judges 20:38The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,Joshua 8:20When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.Song of Solomon 3:6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

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